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ROBERT EDWARD REHDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – October 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Rehder, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 8
- IGNACIO ELENO RIOSStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY LANZER SPRINGFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LEE HOWARDSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 6
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.